ISBN:
1782384871
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9781782384878
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9781789204742
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1789204747
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource
Series Statement:
Berghahn on film
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Mazierska, Ewa From self-fulfillment to survival of the fittest
Keywords:
1900-2099
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Work in motion pictures
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Working class in motion pictures
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Motion pictures History 20th century
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Motion pictures History 21st century
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Labor in motion pictures
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Travail au cinéma
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Travailleurs au cinéma
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Cinéma - Europe - Histoire - 20e siècle
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Cinéma - Europe - Histoire - 21e siècle
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS - Labor
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PERFORMING ARTS / Film / History & Criticism
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Labor in motion pictures
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Motion pictures
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Work in motion pictures
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Working class in motion pictures
;
History
;
Europe
;
Performing Arts
;
Film
;
History & Criticism
Abstract:
Contrary to the assumption that Western and Eastern European economies and cinemas were very different from each other, they actually had much in common. After the Second World War both the East and the West adopted a mixed system, containing elements of both socialism and capitalism, and from the 1980s on the whole of Europe, albeit at an uneven speed, followed the neoliberal agenda. This book examines how the economic systems of the East and West impacted labor by focusing on the representation of work in European cinema. Using a Marxist perspective, it compares the situation of workers in Western and Eastern Europe as represented in both auteurist and popular films, including those of Tony Richardson, Lindsay Anderson, Jean-Luc Godard, Andrzej Wajda, DusanMakavejev, Jerzy Skolimowski, the Dardenne Brothers, Ulrich Seidl and many others
Description / Table of Contents:
Introduction -- Homo faber and the work of cinema -- The 1960: in search of self-fulfilment -- The 1970s: seeking change -- The 1980s: learning to survive -- The 1990s, the 2000s and beyond: moving towards the unknown -- Conclusions towards the new cinema of work and idleness.
Note:
"Berghahn on film."
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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